Channel Islands slender salamander

Channel Islands slender salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: B. pacificus
Binomial name
Batrachoseps pacificus
(Cope, 1865)

The Channel Islands slender salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.

It is endemic to California in the Western United States.

Its natural habitats are chaparral and woodlands, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland on the Channel Islands of California.

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